Dispensing powder puff



E. E. SANDERS 2,216,522

DISPENSING POWDER PUFF Oct. 1, 1940.

Filed Oct. 18, 1939 hive/772x E0 74 5 5000 6/45 Patented Oct. 1, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFECE 7 DISPENSING POWDER. PUFF Edna E. Sanders, Portland, Oreg.

Application October 18, 1989, Serial No. 300,048

5 Claims.

This invention relates to automatic dispensing powder pulls and the primary object of the invention is to provide a dispensing container within the powder pufi that will supply dispens- 5 ing powder through the face of the puff.

Another object of my invention is to provide a dispensing powder puff that is self-contained, eliminating any need for powder boxes and the like.

10 A still further object of my invention is to provide a. dispensing powder puff so constructed as to permit washing of the same from time to time.

These and other incidental objects will be 15 apparent in the drawings, specification and claims.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective plan view of my new and improved powder puff.

Figure 2 is a perspective plan view of the dispensing container exposed through the back of the pufi and in position for refilling.

Figure 3 is a sectional view of Figure 2, illustrating the principle of my new and improved 25 automatic dispensing powder puff.

Figure 4 is a side view, parts broken away for convenience of illustration, of my new and improved powder puff, the same being shown in closed and operating position.

30 Figure 5 is another modified form of my dispensing powder puff, drawn in closed position.

In the drawing:

I is the main body of my automatic dispensing powder puff. The powder puff consists of a 5 front face 2 and a rear face 3. A diaphragm 4 is preferably sewed between the faces 2 and 3 at 5 completely around the circumference of the puff. This provides two chambers, a chamber 6 for dispensing the powder through the face 40 2 and a chamber 1 for holding the padding material 8. The faces 2 and 3 may be made from suitable material, such as pile fabric, preferably velvet, but we do not wish to be limited to the kind of material used.

45 An upwardly extending well, or container 9, forms a part of the diaphragm 4, this well may be part of the same material or it may be sewed or connected thereto. The diaphragm 4 and the well 9 are preferably made from pliofilm 50 oil silk or rubber material, which is impervious to powder. A suitable screen l0 forms the bottom of the well 9 and permits the powder H to gradually pass therethrough into the chamber 6. In the normal use of my new and improved 55 automatic dispensing powder puff, the screen it may be made from any suitable materials that are not impervious to passage of the powder therethrough.

After the powder has been put into the well 9 the upper portion of the well is foldable over, best shown in Figure 4 at I2. A suitable fasten ing means, such as a slide fastener I3 is provided for closing the opening M in the back wall 3 when the well 9 is folded over and sealed.

I do not wish to be limited to this particular 10 form of closing the opening or the puff, as other means may be provided still coming within the scope of the claims.

In the use of my new and improved automatic dispensing powder puff, the powder H gradually works through the screen l0 and over and through the space 6 next to the face 2, passing therethrough and coming in direct contact with the surface where it is desired to apply the powder. As stated before, the diaphragm 4 is impervious to the passage of powder, therefore the powder must pass through the face of the powder puff 2.

I have shown another preferred form of construction in Figure 5, wherein the diaphragm 4 is substituted by a chamber I5, the side walls l6 of the chamber I5 is made of material impervious to powder passage. This chamber has a suitable screen ll for dispensing the powder v into the chamber I8. The opening IQ of the chamber I5 is securely fastened to the opening M of the powder puff at 19A. The powder 20, in this construction, mixes in with the padding 2|. As stated before this is just another form of construction coming within the scope of my invention.

I do not wish to be limited to the particular construction, as shown in my drawings, as other types of construction and materials may be used still coming within the scope of my claims.

What is claimed to be new is:

l. A powder pufi having a lower chamber, an upper chamber, a diaphragm separating the chambers, and a powder receiving receptacle forming part of the diaphragm extending normally through the upper chamber and open at the top for the reception of powder, the lower surface of the lower chamber being formed as a powder applicator.

2. A construction as defined in claim 1, wherein the diaphragm throughout the area of the receptacle is formed with a means to permit the slow passage of the powder from the receptacle into the lower chamber.

3. A construction as defined in claim 1, whereupper chamber, a diaphragm separating the H chambers, the central portion of the diaphragm being formed with an opening, and a powder receiving receptacle carried by the diaphragm and having an area coincident with the opening,

a pervious material overlying the bottom of the 5 receptacle to permit the gradual flow of the powder from the receptacle to the lower chamber, the powder receptacle being normally open to receive the powder and foldable upon itself to provide a sealing ceptacle.

- EDNA E. SANDERS.

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